2017 Olivier Award Nominations Announced

Yesterday, Denise Gough and Matt Henry proudly announced the 2017 Olivier Award nominees LIVE from London. In yet another successful season for the West End, many are looking forward to celebrating the highest honors for UK theatre which celebrate beyond just musicals and plays with dance, opera and more also receiving nominations and awards. The awards will be celebrated April 9th, 2017 at Royal Albert Hall in London.

The Olivier Awards are the highest honor for theatre in the United Kingdom. In 2016, the awards celebrated their 40th anniversary after beginning in 1976. The awards, renamed for Lord Olivier in 1984, are presented through The Society Of London Theatre and cover most staged productions in London’s West End that are eligible for awards. They offer a wider range of awards compared to The Tony Awards with several awards also named after corporate sponsors.

Noma Dumezweni for Harry Potter And The Cursed Child at Palace Theatre

Clare Foster for Travesties at Apollo Theatre

Kate O’Flynn for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s Theatre

Best New Opera Production

4.48 Psychosis at Lyric Hammersmith

Akhnaten at London Coliseum

Così Fan Tutte at Royal Opera House

Lulu at London Coliseum

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

Renée Fleming for her performance in Der Rosenkavalier at Royal Opera House

Stuart Skelton for his performance in Tristan And Isolde at London Coliseum

Mark Wigglesworth for his conducting of Don Giovanni and Lulu at London Coliseum

Best Actor

Ed Harris for Buried Child at Trafalgar Studios 1

Tom Hollander for Travesties at Apollo Theatre

Ian McKellen for No Man’s Land at Wyndham’s Theatre

Jamie Parker for Harry Potter And The Cursed Child at Palace Theatre

Best Actress

Glenda Jackson for King Lear at The Old Vic

Cherry Jones for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s Theatre

Billie Piper for Yerma at Young Vic

Ruth Wilson for Hedda Gabler at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Best Director

Simon Stone for Yerma at Young Vic

John Tiffany for Harry Potter And The Cursed Child at Palace Theatre

John Tiffany for The Glass Menagerie at Duke of York’s Theatre

Matthew Warchus for Groundhog Day at The Old Vic

Best New Play

Elegy at Donmar Warehouse

The Flick at National Theatre – Dorfman

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child at Palace Theatre

One Night In Miami… at Donmar Warehouse

Best New Musical

Dreamgirls at Savoy Theatre

The Girls at Phoenix Theatre

Groundhog Day at The Old Vic

School Of Rock The Musical at New London Theatre

LUNER LOWDOWN: Congratulations to all of the 2017 Olivier Award nominees! This is always an exciting time of year for the London theatre community to celebrate its achievements of the past season. Leading this year’s pack is mega-hit Harry Potter And The Cursed Child as well as the new musical, Groundhog Day. Both productions are Broadway bound with Groundhog Day beginning previews on Broadway this spring at the August Wilson Theatre with Harry Potter And The Cursed Child not far behind it, scheduled for a 2018 spring Broadway bow at The Lyric. Harry Potter set a new record for a West End play with it’s 11 nominations. It is also worth noting that Andrew Lloyd Webber saw three of his productions nominated; Jesus Christ Superstar, Sunset Boulevard and School of Rock, in various categories. Sunset Boulevard has since transferred to Broadway, currently running at The Palace, with School of Rock hoping across the pond following it’s successful Broadway premiere last season.

Many thanks to the Olivier Award’s Facebook Page for providing the featured photo at the top of the article.

London’s Olivier Awards take the stage of Royal Albert Hall April 9th, 2017! Luner on Theatre hopes to discuss more of London’s nominees for the 2017 season leading up to that exciting night! Stay tuned!

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